Attributed to Jacob de Backer
The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Attendants
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Attributed to Jacob de Backer
Antwerp 1555–circa 1585
The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Attendants
bears signature in brown ink, lower right: J. de Backer
pen and brown ink and blue wash
258 by 219 mm
Sale, Lucerne, Fischer, 4 December 1967, lot 680;
Wolfhart F. Bürgi (1901-1989), Bern (L.3400);
sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 8 November 2000, lot 6 (purchased by the present owner)
Very few drawings can be convincingly attributed to this interesting Antwerp mannerist, but the similarities in figure types between this drawing and his rare paintings suggest that the traditional attribution may well be correct. There are also echoes of the drawing style of Hendrick de Clerck (1560-1630).
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